Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1997
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew | 1,169 |
| 2 | Michael | 1,119 |
| 3 | Nicholas | 1,006 |
| 4 | Christopher | 800 |
| 5 | John | 796 |
| 6 | Andrew | 750 |
| 7 | Joseph | 717 |
| 8 | Ryan | 700 |
| 9 | Daniel | 664 |
| 10 | Jacob | 595 |
| 11 | Joshua | 580 |
| 12 | Tyler | 563 |
| 13 | James | 554 |
| 14 | Kyle | 548 |
| 15 | Zachary | 542 |
| 16 | Alexander | 535 |
| 17 | Benjamin | 519 |
| 18 | Anthony | 499 |
| 19 | David | 489 |
| 20 | Jonathan | 475 |
| 21 | Thomas | 472 |
| 22 | William | 447 |
| 23 | Robert | 437 |
| 24 | Kevin | 430 |
| 25 | Brandon | 415 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Justin | 413 |
| 27 | Patrick | 403 |
| 28 | Samuel | 395 |
| 29 | Brian | 363 |
| 30 | Sean | 318 |
| 31 | Timothy | 314 |
| 32 | Cameron | 313 |
| 33 | Austin | 286 |
| 34 | Jason | 259 |
| 34 | Nathan | 259 |
| 36 | Adam | 256 |
| 36 | Christian | 256 |
| 38 | Dylan | 252 |
| 39 | Connor | 240 |
| 40 | Eric | 239 |
| 41 | Brendan | 220 |
| 42 | Peter | 217 |
| 43 | Stephen | 205 |
| 44 | Evan | 201 |
| 45 | Jake | 198 |
| 46 | Jordan | 197 |
| 46 | Steven | 197 |
| 48 | Liam | 190 |
| 49 | Alex | 184 |
| 50 | Jack | 181 |
| 51 | Jared | 180 |
| 52 | Richard | 175 |
| 53 | Paul | 172 |
| 54 | Mark | 171 |
| 54 | Noah | 171 |
| 56 | Colin | 169 |
| 57 | Aaron | 166 |
| 57 | Charles | 166 |
| 59 | Ian | 163 |
| 60 | Jeffrey | 160 |
| 61 | Ethan | 159 |
| 62 | Jeremy | 146 |
| 63 | Nathaniel | 144 |
| 64 | Scott | 135 |
| 65 | Luis | 133 |
| 66 | Jose | 128 |
| 67 | Edward | 127 |
| 68 | Cody | 124 |
| 69 | Shane | 120 |
| 70 | Luke | 119 |
| 71 | Devin | 116 |
| 72 | Derek | 115 |
| 73 | Owen | 114 |
| 74 | Gabriel | 113 |
| 75 | Bryan | 112 |
| 75 | Shawn | 112 |
| 77 | Isaiah | 110 |
| 77 | Lucas | 110 |
| 79 | Cole | 104 |
| 79 | Jesse | 104 |
| 81 | Corey | 102 |
| 82 | Trevor | 100 |
| 83 | Gregory | 93 |
| 84 | Aidan | 92 |
| 84 | Carlos | 92 |
| 86 | Dominic | 90 |
| 87 | Maxwell | 87 |
| 88 | Brett | 85 |
| 89 | Henry | 80 |
| 89 | Mitchell | 80 |
| 91 | George | 78 |
| 92 | Bradley | 77 |
| 93 | Kenneth | 75 |
| 94 | Antonio | 74 |
| 95 | Alec | 73 |
| 95 | Harrison | 73 |
| 97 | Caleb | 70 |
| 97 | Marcus | 70 |
| 99 | Conor | 68 |
| 99 | Hunter | 68 |